Coincidence
by: Jedi Kidohdin
Discussion:QUI-GON: Our meeting was not a coincidence. Nothing
happens by accident.
ANAKIN: You mean I get to go with you in your
starship?!
QUI-GON kneels down to the boy.
QUI-GON: Anakin, training to be a Jedi will not be an
easy challenge. And if you succeed, it will be a hard
life.
ANAKIN: But it's what I want. What I've always dreamed
about. Can I go, Mom?!
SHMI: Anakin, this path has been placed before you.
The choice is yours alone.
ANAKIN thinks, looks to his mother, then to QUI-GON.
ANAKIN: I want to do it.
QUI-GON: Then, pack your things. We haven't much time.
ANAKIN: Yippee!! -Episode I
Qui-Gon believed in destiny and that nothing happens by accident. He believed that the Force had guided him to find Anakin. He thought that Anakin was the ’ Chosen One ’ who would restore the balance. Later, before the Jedi Council, Qui-Gon stated: “Finding him was the will of the Force...I have no doubt of that.”
From these statements we can conclude that at least Qui-Gon believed in destiny and that a benevolent Force was guiding events. It seems that even the Jedi of the Old Republic viewed the Force somewhat differently among them selves, and that this difference was acceptable. Some Jedi ’ s disagreed with Qui-Gon, but tolerated his different views. In the same way, modern Jedi view the Force differently, and we must learn to tolerate these differences of beliefs.
Qui-Gon warned Anakin that Jedi training would be difficult, and that Jedi ’ s have a hard life. But Anakin wanted to meet that challenge, and his mother Shmi allowed him to make his own choice. She encouraged him to follow his own heart. She knew that Anakin was destined for greater things.
I ’ m not saying that you have to believe in destiny and guidance from the Force. The Episodes do support destiny, but it ’ s your choice if you want to believe in it or not. MTFBWY!
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